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Topic: House of Pain Poster

Mike West just sent us the poster for his new film House of Pain. In his email he said he wanted to send us his poster since he thinks its as good as the others we have on site. I say he is a bald faced liar with bad taste... cause his poster is way ...

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The wait won't be too long.... its a 15 min version of what will hopefully become a feature if the response is great enough..... summer is a likely time to have it completed.

Like you said, you know what happens when you hurry!....... Even though this is just a short, its roughly 8 months (including writing and research) into the project with two more to go.... but if you're going to do something, i believe in taking the time to do it right. Plus, if all goes well, we've just paved a decent path for a feature length version.

We are starting auditions on this saturday (24th), so look for some clips to be posted on our site

As for gore content.... i'm not sure yet....yes, there will be blood ( i know, bad reference, lol), but as for how much and how gory, its still up in the air. What would you like to see?

To me, gore is being over used in some cases, sort of like sex, not that there's anything wrong with that... but i think letting the mind imagine a bit more then we've been asked to lately is one way to go. We will have a couple of gags for sure though... can't have a horror without blood!

Sorry, this is getting a bit long winded..... so i'll pose the question back to you.... do you guys want to see more gore, or more suspense? can there be both?

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Hey Mike, first I'd like to welcome you to the site. I always love a good indie flick.. I also love a great short especially when the story is tailor made for it..

I'd like to see a healthy amount of gore but not over the top.. A couple of well placed effects are always good.. don't linger on the gore though.. Thats a problem I think that some indie gore movies have.. They linger too long.. Suspense is really a MUST.. I don't think there is such a thing as horror without it..

I think TCM is the perfect template for how much gore to use.. Of course the original.. There isn't too much but they have some spectacular gags including the meat hook scene..

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Hey,

Thanks for welcoming me to the board....

Goon - I agree with the original TCM being a great balance of suspense and gore. I know what you mean also about the lingering on the gag too long.... its like a magic trick... if you do it too slowly, or show too much, the fun/mystery is removed. So even though we do have a couple of nice gags planned, i'll make sure to study some classic scenes to make sure we pull of the timing properly.

I think one of the great things about this short is going to be the location. We have secured some great locations in Niagara Falls, an arcade, a ferris wheel, and the most kick ass haunted house there called Nightmares Fear Factory (http://www.nightmaresfearfactory.com). Yes you read that correctly, we aren't shooting on a set, or someones basement, this is at all the real locations in Niagara, which i think will be something really cool.

TiM the Zombie - Tim, if i may call you that.... I stressed over the poster for a while, but when Peter (art director for HOP) sent it to me, i knew it was the one. He nailed it on his first try. Thank you again for the words of encouragement.... this is something we are taking great care and effort with in order to make it an enjoyable viewing experience. There will be a few things left open though in the short.... but that's so we can go back for the feature.

I'll keep you all updated as things progress... Tomorrow (sat 24th) is our first auditions, then in a few weeks we start to rehearse. We'll also be doing some make up tests, so i might through up some of those pics.

Thanks again, and if any of you are in the Niagara area at the end of april, let me know and we'll throw you in to the House of Pain.... LOL

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when your done the short be sure to email it to us so we can feature it on TerrorFeed.com there is a shortage of good shorts on the site. welcome to the site, always good to have another filmmaker in our midst.

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Thanks... i can take credit for the tagline, but not the poster, lol

it was just a moment of inspiration... the haunted house is amazing.... you pay to have the shit scared out of you, so it would make sense that they could care less if you scream, which makes it that much more scarier.....

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Hey guys.... just got back from a very long day of auditions.... well all i can say is i am so exhausted.... but, i can also say there are some really talented actors out there who have yet to catch a break.

It's going to be really hard to narrow down the candidates for a 2nd round, but i guess that's what i've signed up for!..... stay tuned for some pics and perhaps auditions videos in the next few days

I will say that after see some great talented actors today that i see a lot of potential for this short, and i'm sure we won't disappoint you guys

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It's really great that you've already started casting. I'd like to see the audition videos to get an idea of how it's an audition. Obviously I can't give you any advice but please, don't forget about the hot chicks.

Go with tons of suspense a little gore so you don't take time away from character development. Well, just my thoughts.